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phragm and the bottom of the basin. The portion, 9, oit the horn which is below the tubular portion, 7, is of sphere-segmental shape, or like a segment of a hollow sphere, and its open side is presented laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis ot. the tubular portion, 7, forming the ultimate discharge opening of the bowl, from which the discharged matter escapes before entering the up-talre leg of the siphonic discharge pipe. T he diaphragm, 8, with its wall or (lange, l0, and so much ot the bottom ot the basin as is bounded thereby, together form a water box 11, which surrounds the tubular portion, 7, ot' the horn, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5, and, at two points, l2, on opposite sides of ank axial plane passing through said horn, lengthwise ot the bowl, joins the bottom port-ion of a water passage, '1.3, which extends upward, back ol the bowl, and at its 'upper end receives a superabimdant quantity of water for supplying the jet opening, 14, which lat-ter cominunicates directly 4with an extension, 1l,

' ot the water box ll, which eXteIisioirpi-occeds from the diaphragm, 8, downward along: the front sident' the horn. ln fact, all ot the water-ways or passages through which thewater [lows for snpplying the jet opening and the openings ot the hollow rim, are oi larger'capacity' than the' opening itselt', with the result that the water reaches the jet or other opening under practically full supply-presenre, the friction of the onflowing water with the inner surface of the walls o'l the water-ways or passages being practically eliminated. rl`his materiallyjincreases the elliciency of the jet, not only in priming the Siphon, but as a lifting agent t'or d riving before it the contents'of the uptake leg of the Siphon.

lt should bc noted that the projected longitudinal axis ot thejet-opening, as indicated by dotted line ai, in Fig. 1, is not concentric with the longitudinal axis of the uptake leg ot the siphon, and hence the jet of water issuingr 'from said opening will not pass c cntrall)1 through said up-talc leg. T he arrangement is such that the said projected axis .fr passes a short distance above the dam. l5. ol the siphon, so that thqe jet of water will `just escape said dam and strike the tar wall ot the down-take leg, somewhat below (he crown, lli, As shown in Fig. l ot thc drawing', the parts are so constructed and located that the said projected axis m passes the saine distance above the dani, as it passes below the submerged point, 17, of the trap. lt may here be stated that the term trap is here. used as including such portions of the howl and discharge pipe as are kept full ot water, for the purpose of preventing gases from' passing down through the 11p-take leg of the siphon, and reaching the discharge opening of the basin. t is manifest that the water will stand in the basin and other parts at the level of the over-liow level of the dam, 15, and this being so, it will be observed that the. trap or water seal is formed partly in the up-take leg of the siphon and partly in the bowl. It is found in actual practice that by giving the jet the described course, its efficiency is materially increased as compared with any other disposition of it, of which I am aware. It forms a barrier across the upper portion of the down-take leg of the Siphon and etfectually prevents air from rising in said tip-take leg to the crown of the Siphon. Furthermore, whatever air may be in the crown of the Siphon is drawn out by the suction produced by the water flowing through the down-take leg. It does this so etectually that it has been demonstrated by actual practice that even it the clean-out cap 18, be removed, thereby opening the crown of the siphon to atmosphere, the siphon will nevertheless be primed, or having been. primed, the siphonic action will not be broken, and this is more than has been complished by any heretofore existing arrangemento'f which l am aware. With all heretofore existing arrangements, the ad mission of air to the crown of the siphon will either prevent the siphon from being primed in the first instance, or, it the priming has been accomplished, will break the siphonie action.

Aside from this coperation of the jet in the `siphonic action, the particular arrangement described gives it a lifting effect that will evacuatethe basin, even to the extent ot breaking the water seal in the trap, this hev ing a result that will not follow if the jet is directed centrally through the up-take leg of the discharge pipe. I advance no theory. as to the superior etliciency due to the angular course of the jet, relatively to the axis of the discharge pipe, but may say that the statements above made have\bcen proved by actual practice.

For supplying the passage, 13, with water. its upper end communicates with a chamber, 19, in the extension, back wall of this chamber is formed by a web, 20, having an opening which is occul, pied by the' cylindrical portion, 21, of the casing of a valve device. 22. lt is unnecessary, 'tor the purposes ol this application, to fully show or describe in detail the construction ot this valve device. Suffice it to say that in all material respects it is like that shown in Patent #931,937, which was granted to `me Augusty 24th, 1909, its mainl portion being0 contained in a chamber, 23, which is open at. the back hf the bowl, for receiving the water supply pipe connection. 24, the tront of said chamber, 23, 'being 3, of the bowl and ii;e

toi-med by the web, 20. The valve device has a valve stern, 25, connected with thc val fc the infiuencel of its own Weight and any load that is put upon it will produce great tor sional strain upon this joint, tending t0 injure and weaken it. ln order to eliminate this torsional strain as far as possible, and confine the strain upon the joint to a vertical strain parallel with the joint itself, and at right angles to the horizontal disposed lower end of the down-take leg of the siphonic discharge pipe, the latter is provided on its opposite sides with perforated lugs, 38, through which pass headed tie rods or bolts, 39, the heads et which bear against the front faces ot' thel lugs, and the rear ends of which are Screw threaded to receive nuts, 40, which bear upon the rear faces of lugs carried by a yoke, 41, which, in turn, bears against the rear side of the soil stack, the lugs of the yoke being perforated for the passage of the tie rods or bolts, 39, so that by tightening up the nuts on the tie rods or bolts, the latter may be put under tensile strain, and thereby prevent the siphonic discharge pipe from tippii'ig' forward.

The object in making the down-take leg of the siphon tortuous 1s to cause the water to be deflected across the waterway so as -to form a sort of dam or cut-oli for preventing the air from rising through the downtake leg to the crown of the Siphon. am aware that it is not broadly new to make the down-take leg of a Siphon tortuous for a like purpose, but the use of a Siphon of this construction in combination with e jet opening arranged to discharge a jet ol water upward in the 11p-take leg, manner herein described, results in the complete and thorough evacuation of the basin even Where the water supply is under low pressure, such as in fixtures having low-- down flushing tanks.

n order to form a perfectly tight joint between the bowl and the 11p-take leg of the discharge pipe, the howl is provided with a downwardly presented circular groove, 48, for receiving the up er side of a packing ring or gasket, 44, which is made of rubber or other elastic material, and is of rectangular or diamond-shape in cross section. Thev groove, 43, surrounds the horn, 9, and downwardly extending portion, 11, of the water box, and is so disposed that it forms equal angles with a vertical line assing through its deefiest point. 'The oWer or in-take end of the tip-take leg, 311-, ot the Siphon, is formed with a bellmouth, 45, which is presented laterally with respect to theaxis of the main portion of the leg, 34, and upwardly toward the basin. ts margin occu ies a plane which is approximately para lel wit said axis, forming an acute angle therewith. and said margin is provided with a V-shaped circular groove, which is adapted to register with the groove,

5': through the medium ot the gasket, lf it is in the A The horn, 9, projects well into said bell-mouth and its lateral outlet opening is disposed opposite and with its axis practically coincident with the anis oit said up-take leg, so that the discharge :trom the horn will be through said leg, longitudinally. Below the bell-mouth, a5, the het tom of the trap-housing, Al, is provided 'with a perforation, inwhich is placed a nut, Lttl, having an enlarged flange or shoulder, il?, which rests upon the upper surface of said bottom, and through this nut passes eorrespondingly threaded. screw, d8, the upper end of which is oi conical or other suitable shape, and lits in a socket, t9, formed in a lug cast on the; under side of the bellanoutli, 45, so that by tightening the screw it will exert pressure in opposite up- Wardly and downwardly, upon the bellmouth and the trap-housing, respectively. The entire weight et the howl il being s ported byV the siphonie dis-charge ip 43, throughout.

manifest that this action ol the screw will tend to force or draw .the entire bowl downward, thus compressing the' gasket and forming a water tight ioint. Furthermore, this 'oint is entirely beow the surface level of the water .in the trap as :filready described, the advantage of whics is well; known by those skilled in the art. ln order to still further insure against leakage at the joint thus for" ied, the packing ring er gasket is provided with an apron, 50, which )oins the innermost angle oit the gasket and hangs down in the space between 'the bellmouth, 45, and the downwardly extending portion, l, of the Water box, This apron preferably extends through only a portion of the circumference of the packing ring or gasket. V

The parte are so constructed,proportioned and arranged that theeenter oil gravity olf the bowlwill pass about arri ally through the packn ing ring, so that the weight ot the bowl itself will be about equally distributed throughout the packing ring with a tendency to tighten the joint between the bowl and the bellmouth of the up-talfe leg of the discharge pipe, but without means tor preventing it an added weight acting downwardly upon the :iront side ot 'the bowl would tend to tip or tilt it forward thereby open up or loosen this joint. For the purpose of preventing; this the bowl provided at its back with shoulders, 5l, which are engaged by adjustable stops, connected to perion rated lugs or ears, 53, cast on the opposite llt;

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Screws (or bolts), 54, pass through erforacombined il. Luolfilms oil? lio paws nombre1-@fl BS Al olusivg cooperating Willi lli@ fuif; lilo imi-ts uimiooi'od to i, in slush@ lo tiglioi lll@ 'oini' 'bolfrmelfi lille figoliiirg po onli stock and also the joint bet-w D i tlm lisolalige pipo und 'bowl The stops, 5t., llfsliipa and at ilioii voi (i om? List of horizontal lionffos, which also :im casi' willi and jpoyxol; fiom llo opposite sides, oi' lilo ills-- l. pipo ',lfhe flanges, 5, om pioviilod i slots, 561, indomied by (lol: l lilies in Fig. l, A:ilo which joui l {prof/Q12 ably of non-c`oular shape) ,emliiw low word, from. im simios stops. By li'i 1 s ila@ ,i m heir mom noma by l l surows, fifi, and piovclnted iiom moving;

Mound at aiiiom. 'l/Thilo, o? before slim-Qi, i-la exilim weigl'lt oll "che bowl is su l. dell 'by tho soil Smell mrougli the meiliuiio of the Siplioiio discharge pipo, the liowl. will novcer-- lfioless, Wlionoverlonclocl at itfj from? sicle,v

have a tendency lo tip formali-(l moving ib-iut che 'ironia sido ol; the ,gomt i'oi'uioii oy ill@ liiioliing ring, lll. lllll'ien clio fixture is molo lefl imei in fomlinosfs fo? use, this toi-ful muy 44o tip loi'-,v:ii' l if, prevented by U13 btoiI 52, and their nccossorics, out this f5; pziollity of the oo vl luf being tipped iloi'- waz-rl is mall-o use ol in liimgiog mid 1'- moviilg 1t. In fmiof "Lo Tomo-ve it. fissiu'mig l'lio paris to lie i 'the position lo which *l* may or@ shown 'm f. l, excepting that lie sciews (of boils) :Sli have: been loi-nod lio peimil Elio Stops, o2, zo bo monili furwmifl, lille bowl liflod bodily upward, out li'llml L groot@ clfsance at tho front sill@ than at lli@ blick side, 'illus tilting it about the stops, which in this. opei'ziion perform the fm1@- tioi'is of f1.slc1um5. The upvzufl movement of lll@ from sill@ ol' ille howl should bo suf lio il, to :3l-mr iii@ packing ring', liek, :mil withal uw the lloin, 9, 'from ille lilil'l-nioulli of -lio isdnugo pipe, the construction :mul propoltioiis of' sho 'ports boing :suoli llmt when llio bowl timo l'illwl upward aliiml, the Stops as o fulci'unh lli@ hoz-n will clout tho bollonouth of the discharge pipo, after which iii muy lso moved out'wm'fl and zlw'iy, glio gulzig-e ljmcl; of lli@ il' p housing', fi, boing olivi). lo pom l' the lnSowioii nml Tamm/:lil of lloc uptake log oiI the flischzugo pipoj 'The 'evoi'so of Q se oew faro 'Follozwi hanging tlm bowl ucoifleutal f li gaslmt,

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It is preferable to divide the water-way for supplying water to the jet opening into two passages which extend around the outer sides of the horn ot' the basin as shown in Fig. 5, because it produces a more even distribution of the water and tends to avoid the objectionable whistling or hissing sound that is usually produced by the jets ot water in fixtures of this type.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A plumbing ixture having a bowl comprising a basin provided through its bottom with an outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, -a discharge pipe terminating at its intake end in a bell mouth presented laterally relatively to the axis of said pipe and upwardly toward the basin, into which bell-mouth the hollow horn projects, said horn having a lateral discharge opening presented in the direction of the axis of the intake leg oi' the discharge pipe, the basin being seated upon and supported by said bell-mouth, and means for supporting said discharge pipe with its bellmouth clear of the floor.

2. A staclchung plumbing fixture having a bowl comprising a basin provided through its bottom with an outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, a discharge pipe having an iii-take leg terminating at its in-take end in a bell-mouth presented laterally relatively to the axis oit said intake leg andupwardly toward the basin into which bell-mouth the hollow horn Vprojects, said horn having a lateral discharge opening presented in the direction of the axis of the intake leg of the discharge pipe, into which bell-mouth the horn projects, the basin being seated upon and supported by said bell-mouth, and means for connecting the discharge pipe to a stack, whereby it is supported independently of the ioor.

3. A wall-hung or stack hung plumbing fixture having a bowl comprising a basin provided through its bottom with an outlet opening, a hollow hrn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, a discharge pipe having an upwardly inclined intake leg terminating at its intake end in a bell-mouth presented laterally relatively to the axis of said intake leg and upwardly toward the basin into which bell-mouth the hollow horn projects, said horn having a lateral dischargeopening located opposite and presented in the direction of the upwardly inclined intake leg of the discharge pipe in position to discharge directly into and through said upwardly inclined in-take leg, longitudinally, the basin being seated upon and supported by said bell-mouth and means lor support-- jing the discharge pipe independently of the oor.

4. A wall-hung or stack hung plumbing fixture having a bowl comprising a asin provided through its bottom with an outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, a discharge pipe having an upwardly inclined intake leg terminating at its intake end in a bellmouth presented lat erally relatively to the axis of said upwardly inclined intake le and upwardly toward the basin, into whichFlfiell-inouth the hollow horn projects, said horn having a lateral discharge opening presen-ted in the direction of the axis oit the upwardly inclined in-talre leg of the discharge pipe in position to discharge directly into and through said intake leg7 longitudinally, the basin being seated upon and supported by said bell-mouth and means for supporting the dischar e pipe independently of the floor, said horn aving also a jet opening arranged to discharge a jet ot water into and longitudinally through said upwardly inclined intake leg.

5. A plumbing fixture having a bowl conr.

prising a basin provided through its bottom ywith an outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and proj ccting downward therefrom, a siphonic discharge pipe having an upwardly inclined intake leg, the lower in-take end of which terminates in a bell-mouth presented laterally relative to the axis of said pipe and upwardly toward the basin, into which bellmouth the hollow horn projects and upon which the basin is seated so as to be supported thereby, said horn having a lateral discharge opening located opposite the inclined intake leg of the discharge pipe and presented in a direction to discharge directly into and through said in-take leg, longitudinally, said horn having also a jet opening disposed with its projected axis atan angle to the longitudinal axis olf the intake leg of the siphon and passing in 'close proximity to the dam or overflow level of the siphon and means for supporting said discharge pipe with its bell-mouth clear ol .the floor.

6. A stack-hung plumbing lixture having a bowl comprising a basin provided through its bottom with an outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, a siphonic discharge pipe having an insliued up-take leg, the lower end of which terinii teo oharge joining Ihe basin around Said opening and projecting do\\'\'nward therefrom, a waterbdx, one "ilyallofwhich is formed by the front wz'lill of said horn, a jet opi'ining through which vthe water-box and the interior oi the horn communicate, a water-way or passage,

one wall eti' whieh'is 'lforiiied lby the rear 'all of the basin, communicating with the waterbox in combination with inea-11S for su 'i )l ing water to the wateray, and a discharge pipe, the intake end oi whieh is in communication with the outlet oi' the basin and is lei-ated .:pposite the jeixopening.

i2. A plumbing fixture, haring a bowl,

ooinprising a. basin, provided tlirough iis bottoni with an out-let opening, a hollow' horn lioining the hasni around said opening and. projecting downward thereroin, a water box, one wall or' which is iorined by the front wall o said horn, a jet opening through which the water box andthe interiorA of the horn eonnniuneate, a water-way or passage, one wall of which is forined by the rear wail oi the basin, and separate watei i ways or passages extending around the outer .opening7 a discharge pipe comn'innieating with the outlet opening, a hollow horn joining the basin around said opening and projecting downward therefrom, said horn having a laterally presented discharge opening, a water box, one 'wall of which is t'orined by the horn, a jet opening arranged to disa jet olf water outward through the a j misano@ discharge opening of the horn and into the discharge pipe, a water-way or passage ior supplying the jet opening, said water-nay or passage being arranged at the back of the bowl and having separate branches extendingl around the opposite sides of the horn and connuunicating with the water box, said bowl haring an extension located at the back of the basin and extending above the top' thereof, said extension having a water chainber eoinnninieating with the aforesaid waterway and also with the hollow rini, and said extension haring also au air chamber having an outlet openingadapted to coinniunicate with an air tine and air ducts or passages extending from the air chamber downward upon opposite `sides ot' the water chamber and opening into the basin below the hollow rim.

la. A plumbing lixtnre having, in combination, a bowl, con'iprising a basin, provided with a, discharge opening, a siphoinc trap arranged with its up-take leg in inclined position, the lower iii-take end of said leg having a'llaterally presented mouth, teri'iiinating in a plane approximately parallel with the longitudinal axis of said np-talie leg and eoinnuuiieating with said discharge opening, a packing ring, au 'upwardly presented seat for said packing ring formed on the. discharge pipe around its inouth, a downwardly presented bearing surface for said paehing ring,` formed on the howl around its discharge opei'iing, a soil stack, means for rigidly connecting the discharge end olf the siphonie trap with the soil stack, whereby the i'rap is supported by the stack with its iii-take leg in upwardly incline-d position, and ineans engaging the bowl at a level above the intake end of the discharge pipe for drawingl the upper portion ol the bowl liaelm'ai'il, towa rd the soil stack.

PATRICK J. MADD EN. H innemen:

L. hl. Hiliiiins, J, E. SPILLANE.

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